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Gurmeet wins battle of Kaurs

CHENNAI, JUNE 17. Gurmeet Kaur of Karnataka entered the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Statemate Karamjeet Kaur in the girls' under-14 section of the Fischer AITA Talent Series at the CLRI courts here on Thursday.

The results:

Boys: Under-18 (pre-quarterfinals): M. Fariz (TN) bt B. Kanagaraj (TN) 6-0, 6-0; Tariq Jacob (TN) bt Sathi Reddy (TN) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2; Manish Rao (Kar) bt Adnan Olia (TN) 6-4, 7-5; Kiran K Reddy (TN) bt Bruhath Reka (Kar) 6-1, 5-7, 7-5; Varun Gunasekaran (TN) bt Priyank Gangadharan 2-6, 7-5, 6-2; Ashwin Vijayaraghavan (TN) bt Siddarth Kaushik (TN) 6-1, 6-2; M. Mubeen (TN) bt P. Nitesh (Kar) 6-1, 6-1.

Under-14 (pre-quarterfinals): Priyank Gangadharan (TN) bt Irfan Hussain (TN) 7-6, 5-7, 6-3; Gautham Raj bt P.S. Soorya Prasath 6-1, 6-1; A.N. Muddappa (Kar) bt Rishab Dev (TN) 6-2, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5); Ashwin Shankar (TN) bt Anup Srivatsan (TN) 6-1, 6-4; Nihal Kapoor (TN) bt P. Nitesh (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; Balaji Siddharth (TN) bt Elwin Antony (TN) 6-4, 6-1; Adnan Olia (TN) bt M.A. Navin (TN) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); Sathi Reddy (TN) bt J.R. Sandeep (TN) 6-0, 6-3.

Girls: Under-18 (first round): Grace Hannah (TN) bt Lakhmi Chitra (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Nandita Krishnan (TN) bt R. Sruthi (TN) 6-1, 6-0; K. Sumana (TN) bt Tabassum F. Oomer (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Preethi Srinivasan (TN) bt Sharan S. Paul (TN) 6-2, 6-2; T. Ilakkiya (TN) bt Manisha Mohandas (TN) 6-3, 6-3; D. Aarthi (TN) bt Lubna Mariam (TN) 6-0, 6-2; Greeshma Roy (Ker) bt Karamjeet Kaur (Kar) 6-4, 6-0; Gurmeet Kaur (TN) bt Pavitra (TN) 6-3, 6-3; Prarthana Pattabhi (TN) bt Sanjana Prabhakar (TN) 6-4, 6-2; S. Asha (TN) bt Anvitha Ananth (TN) 5-7, 6-0, 6-0; S. Krithika (TN) bt Parvinder Kaur (Kar) 7-5, 6-4; Shahin Ansari (TN) bt C. Rajeswari (TN) 6-1, 6-2.

Under-14 (pre-quarterfinals): Shahin Ansari (TN) bt Nivedha Sridhar 6-1, 6-0; Gurmeet Kaur (Kar) bt Karamjeet Kaur (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Lekha Chandrasekar (TN) bt Neeraj Kumar (TN) 6-0, 6-1; Sruthi Bhavani (TN) bt Parvinder Kaur (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; K. Ilakkiya (TN) bt Nikhila Krishnan 6-1, 6-3; Prarthana Pattabhi (TN) bt C. Rajeswari (TN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Sharon S Paul (TN) bt Tabassum F. Oomer (TN) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; Nandita Krishnan (TN) bt Pavithra (TN) 6-2, 6-1.

Earlier results (first round):

Boys: Under-18: B. Kanagaraj bt Nilutpol Basumatari 6-3, 6-1; Tariq Jacob bt Irfan Hussain 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Sathi Reddy bt Ashok Beemrao 6-1, 6-3; Manish Rao bt S. Vikram 6-3, 6-2; Adnan Olia bt Aswin Shankar 6-0, 6-1; I.B. Abhishek bt Sagar S Kashyap 6-2, 6-3; Nihal Kapoor bt B. Santhosh 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Ashwin Vijayaraghavan bt S. Siddharth 6-2, 6-1; M. Mubeen bt Vishnu Rajam 6-3, 6-1; P. Nitesh bt Sreesha 6-3, 6-0; Siddharth Kaushik bt M. Niyaz 6-1, 6-1.

Under-14: Priyank Gangadaran bt M. Niyaz (TN) 6-4, 6-2; Irfan Hussain bt John Melvin 7-6, 6-1; P.S. Soorya Prasath bt P.S. Skandha 6-1, 6-0; Gautham Raj bt S. Prashanth 6-3, 6-2; A.N. Mudappa bt Ashwin Nambhi 6-4, 6-1; Rishab Dev bt Karan Kurup 6-4, 6-3; Anup Srivatsan bt J. Thomas Premkumar 6-4, 7-6; Ashwin Shankar bt S.D. Jayaraj Prasanna 6-2, 6-3; Nihal Kapoor bt S. Prasanna 6-0, 6-0; T. Elwin Antony bt A. Karthik 6-1, 6-2; Balaji Siddarth bt Murthaza H Lohani 6-2, 6-1; Adnan Olia bt R. Akash 6-0, 6-2; M.A. Navin bt Mohit Mayur 7-6, 6-4; Sathi Reddy bt Nilutpol Basumatari 6-2, 6-1.

Girls: Under-14: Shahin Ansari bt Veena Santhoshi 3-0 (conceded); Nivedha Sridhar bt Eswari 6-1, 6-0; Gurmeet Kaur bt Alubna Mariam 6-2, 6-2; Lekha Chandrasekar bt Chitra Lakshmi 6-1, 6-0; Neerja Kumar bt Nivetha Karthikeyan 6-4, 6-4; Parvinder Kaur bt Divya K. Sarguna 6-0, 6-0; Ilakkiya bt Preethi Srinivasan 6-4, 6-0; C. Rajeswari bt Anvitha Ananth 6-1, 6-1; Prarthana Pattabhi bt R. Sukunya 6-2, 6-2; Tabassum F. Oomer bt S. Asha 6-2, 6-4; Pavithra bt Nitya Raj 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

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